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Cognitive and Experienced Flexibility in Patients With Anorexia Nervosa and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

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Anorexia nervosa (AN) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) share a neuropsychological profile characterized by cognitive inflexibility as evident in set-shifting problems, and by strong detail focus. Clinically, both patient groups display a strong rigidity which may be explained by these neurocognitive difficulties. Cognitive inflexibility may hinder treatment uptake and help explain suboptimal treatment outcomes in both AN and OCD. This is the first study to compare clinical AN and OCD groups andto examine similarities and differences in cognitive flexibility. Specifically, this study aims to investigate neuropsychological outcomes and self-reported difficulties in both clinical groups and a control group, and explore associations between the different flexibility outcomes and illness.

Year of Publication
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0
Journal
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Frontiers in psychiatry
Volume
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13
Number of Pages
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868921
Date Published
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2022
URL
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https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.868921
DOI
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10.3389/fpsyt.2022.868921
Short Title
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Front Psychiatry
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